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400 Christian Leaders Call On MPs To Vote Down The Treaty Principles Bill
Monday, 16 September 2024, 2:01 am | Common Grace Aotearoa
Over 440 Christian leaders oppose the coalition's Treaty Principles Bill, asserting it undermines Te Tiriti o Waitangi's recognition of Māori rights and relationships with the Crown. More >>
Contact Energy’s Removal Of Disconnection Fees A Welcome Step
Monday, 5 August 2024, 9:32 am | Common Grace Aotearoa
Energy hardship advocates have welcomed the decision by Contact Energy to stop charging fees for disconnection and reconnection in cases of non-payment. More >>
Electricity Disconnection Fees “Unclear, Unkind And Unreasonable”, New Report Shows
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 9:01 am | Common Grace Aotearoa
New research into electricity disconnection fees has found huge variation in what power companies are charging, and a lack of information about how fees relate to their actual costs. More >>
Reaction To The Government's Climate Plan From The Don't Subsidise Pollution Campaign
Wednesday, 17 July 2024, 4:18 pm | Common Grace Aotearoa
We urge the government to put a strategy for ending industrial allocation into this plan, to allow the ETS to do its job properly and make big polluters pay for their emissions. More >>
Just 5 Companies’ Climate Pollution Equivalent To Over 2 Million Cars
Tuesday, 18 June 2024, 7:24 am | Common Grace Aotearoa
Just 5 companies’ production processes create the same carbon emissions as nearly half the nation’s vehicle fleet, according to research released by Common Grace Aotearoa today, as the Don’t Subsidise Pollution campaign delivers a petition to ... More >>
Tiwai Deal Mustn’t Lead To A Multi-billion Dollar Subsidy To Pollute Being Granted To Rio Tinto
Friday, 31 May 2024, 2:03 pm | Common Grace Aotearoa
Close to a million free carbon credits per year could go back to Rio Tinto under the new electricity supply deal announced by NZAS and electricity suppliers today, if the government doesn’t urgently change the rules for big polluters to receive ... More >>
Hundreds Of Christians To Walk The Length Of Gaza In New Zealand Cities Calling For A Ceasefire
Thursday, 7 March 2024, 11:01 am | Common Grace Aotearoa
Over 200 Christians will be walking the length of the Gaza Strip - 41km - in coming weeks in prayerful solidarity as they call for a lasting ceasefire in Gaza, and for the New Zealand government to allow family members of Gazans living in Aotearoa to ... More >>
Binding Rules For Electricity Companies Will Protect Everyone, Especially The Most Vulnerable
Thursday, 1 February 2024, 10:29 am | Common Grace Aotearoa
“The Electricity Authority’s decision to make consumer protections mandatory for power companies is a significant step forward to protect people,” said Kate Day, Co-Director of Common Grace Aotearoa. The Electricity Authority, which sets ... More >>
Climate Commission Advice To Government Shows That The Time Has Come To End Free Carbon Credits - NGOs
Wednesday, 13 December 2023, 10:55 am | Common Grace Aotearoa
A coalition of environmental, faith and construction industry groups say that the Climate Commission's final advice on the government’s Second Emissions Reduction Plan is a clear signal that it’s time to end the system of free carbon credits ... More >>
Giant Christmas Card Calls For Fair Power
Tuesday, 12 December 2023, 10:58 am | Common Grace Aotearoa
A group has delivered a giant Christmas card to the Electricity Authority’s head office on Lambton Quay, in Wellington today. The card calls for consumer protections to be made mandatory for New Zealand’s electricity companies, to protect everyone ... More >>
Construction, Climate And Church Groups Call For End To Free Carbon Credits To Cut Pollution And Unlock Green Jobs
Thursday, 31 August 2023, 7:32 am | Common Grace Aotearoa
A new coalition of groups today launched the Don’t Subsidise Pollution campaign, calling for an end to free carbon credits and introduction of a Carbon Border Mechanism to decarbonise Aotearoa’s emissions intensive industries like concrete, steel, ... More >>
Electricity Retailers Cannot Justify Fees That Target The Poorest
Monday, 21 August 2023, 10:11 am | Common Grace Aotearoa
Amid profit announcements from the largest electricity retailers, advocates are calling on the Electricity Authority to ban disconnection fees that hit customers who can least afford to pay. “While Mercury and Genesis announce profits this week, ... More >>
